Mediagazer: Inside Facebook's content policy team, which is made up of several dozen Facebook engineers, lawyers, and PR people who decide what users can post (Simon van Zuylen-Wood/Vanity Fair)

9:45 PM ET, March 1, 2019

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Peter Kafka / Recode:

Plepler and Levy's exits indicate that AT&T plans to combine HBO and Turner into one entity, contrary to previous comments, which will be run by Bob Greenblatt — HBO's famous boss is going because the TV business is changing. Warner Bros.' boss is staying because the movies aren't going anywhere.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, @jadande, Business Insider, The Guardian and The Wrap

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Sources: CNN head Jeff Zucker expected to expand his portfolio to lead AT&T's Turner Sports as part of AT&T's restructuring of WarnerMedia — Jeff Zucker, the leader of cable-news outlet CNN, is about to add sports to his portfolio, giving him expanded oversight of more of the most valuable content …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Wrap, @awallenstein and @brianstelter

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Turner Broadcasting President David Levy confirms he is leaving WarnerMedia in about two months

Discussion: Ad Age, CNN, Business Insider, @bristei and @richarddeitsch

Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: HBO CEO and Chairman Richard Plepler tells staff he is leaving the company, nine months after AT&T's acquisition of HBO parent Time Warner

Caysey Welton / Folio:

Dennis Publishing, the UK-based owner of The Week, has acquired 99-year-old Kiplinger Washington Editors Inc.; Kiplinger's COO will become its CEO — Terms of the deal were not disclosed. — Dennis Publishing, the U.K.-based owner of The Week, has acquired 99-year-old Kiplinger Washington Editors Inc.

Discussion: Adweek, New York Post, MediaPost and Talking Biz News

Tom Jones / Poynter:

A look back at The Rocky Mountain News, the Pulitzer-winning paper that closed 10 years ago, and how Denver fell from having 500+ journalists to fewer than 80 — Early in 2008, John Temple was excited about the 150th anniversary of his newspaper. The publisher, president and editor …

Discussion: The Atlantic, The Colorado Sun, @fishnette, @mattdpearce, @senatorbennet, @coindependent, @dgoold, @poynter, CU Independent, @theatlantic, The Colorado Independent and @alex_burness

Jeffrey Schweers / Tallahassee Democrat:

Judge throws out defamation suit against NYT by a professor known for defending genetically modified food, citing “fair report” privilege and public records law — A University of Florida horticulture professor known for his scientific defense of genetically modified foods lost …

Discussion: @ericliptonnyt, @careygillam, @morisy, @ericliptonnyt, @adamliptak, @careygillam, @gmwatch, @kevinfolta and @cynthiabarnett

Simon van Zuylen-Wood / Vanity Fair:

Inside Facebook's content policy team, which is made up of several dozen Facebook engineers, lawyers, and PR people who decide what users can post — The company blew it on privacy and fake news. Can it do better against trolls and racists? An exclusive embed with Facebook's shadow government.

Discussion: Hmm Daily, @antoniogm, @pt, @antoniogm, @ibogost, @antoniogm, @xixidu and @chronotope, more at Techmeme »

James Walker / Press Gazette:

EU commissioners say Facebook's, Google's, and Twitter's reports on their fight against disinformation don't give enough information on their results — European Union commissioners have accused three tech giants of providing “too little information” in reports on their efforts …

Discussion: Reuters, Techdirt and 9to5Mac

Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:

Sources say Instagram is paying some IGTV creators, but some big influencers stay away due to obstacles like discoverability, monetization, and vertical format — Unlike the wildly popular Insta Stories, the social media juggernaut's new extended video service has struggled to capture the zeitgeist …

Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:

Nielsen: TV coverage of Michael Cohen's congressional testimony brought in just under 16M viewers, compared to 20M for Kavanaugh's hearing and 19.5M for Comey's — The former Trump lawyer's grilling by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform was the most watched program on TV Wednesday.

Discussion: The Hill, Fortune, @ryanoconn, Contemptor and TVNewser

Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed News:

Amazon removes at least three anti-vaccination documentaries from Prime Video hours after Rep. Schiff sent letter to Bezos regarding anti-vaccine misinformation — Amazon appears to have removed anti-vaccination documentaries from search results on Amazon Prime Video today …

Discussion: CNBC, Gizmodo, Variety, @peterhotez, @ceodonovan, CNN, schiff.house.gov, The Hill, Engadget, The Verge and @ceodonovan, more at Techmeme »

MediaPost:

Report: New York Media, parent of New York Magazine, The Cut, Vulture, and more, has decided against seeking a buyer after reviewing its options — New York Media, the parent company of New York Magazine, decided against seeking a buyer after reviewing its strategic options, Dow Jones Newswires reported.

Matthew Iles / Civil:

Civil to launch its blockchain on March 6, with individual and newsroom memberships and the ability to buy CVL tokens accessible via Civil's website — Civil is back and better than ever. Full details below. But let's put first things first: Civil is a community-owned platform …

Discussion: @civil, @vivian and @raju

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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Warner Music's lawsuit against Spotify in India underscores music labels' worry over music streaming services doing more direct deals with artists in the future

Discussion: @voxdotcom, The Verge and Music Business Worldwide

Alex Feerst / OneZero:
Interviews with 15 content moderators from YouTube, Facebook, and other platforms on their day-to-day work, how the job has affected them personally, and more

Discussion: The Next Web, @marlene and Fast Company

Jem Aswad / Variety:
RIAA: US revenue for recorded music grew 12% in 2018 to $9.8B largely due to a 30% surge in streaming revenue; subscriptions to services like Spotify topped 50M

Discussion: CNET, Billboard, RAIN News, MediaPost, @cnet, Recode, Engadget, @jank0, Music Business Worldwide, RIAA, MacRumors and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
UK charities declare the Momo challenge a hoax after the media publishes hundreds of articles on it, causing a moral panic despite absence of evidence

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Ev Williams announces that all Medium paywalled stories will be free for readers who come to the site from Twitter

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Connor Jones / The Register:
UnitedHealth says the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare cost the company $872M in Q1; another ransomware group appears to be extorting the company

Financial Times:
Microsoft invests $1.5B in Abu Dhabi-based AI startup G42 for a minority stake, after G42 severed ties with Chinese suppliers; Brad Smith will join G42's board

Priya Anand / Bloomberg:
Sensor Tower: Naval Ravikant and Brian Norgard's audio-focused invitation-only social app Airchat has been downloaded 30K+ times since it relaunched this month

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